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== Banks == | == Banks == | ||
* Grindlays (1884) | |||
* Punjab National Bank - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab_National_Bank wikipedia] - [http://www.pnbindia.com/ official] | * Punjab National Bank - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab_National_Bank wikipedia] - [http://www.pnbindia.com/ official] | ||
* The Reserve Bank of India - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserve_Bank_of_India wikipedia] - [http://www.rbi.org.in official] | |||
== Booksellers and Stationers == | == Booksellers and Stationers == | ||
Revision as of 09:29, 18 January 2011
The following are businesses and services that existed in Karachi during the period 1843 to 1947.
Chamber of Commerce
The Karachi Chamber of Commerce was established in 1860 with 7 founder members: McIver and Company, Barclay, Watson and Company, Fleming and Company, T. Lidbetter and Company,Finlay and Company, J.K. Dunolly and Company and Ashburner, Bell and Company.[1] Until 1947, it was predominately European though two local firms, S. Tyabjee and Company and Ardaseer and Company did join by the end of the first year (1860).[2]
- Chairmen (1860 - 1958): List
Note: This Chamber is now known as the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industries (OICCI)
Hotels
- Bristol Hotel (1910) Photograph
- Grand Hotel
- Hotel Midway House (KLM built)
- Palace Hotel (demolished, rebuilt as Sheraton Hotel)
Restaurant and Confectioners
- Abadan Tea Shop (1882) Owned by: Boman Abadan Location: near Empress Market.[3]
- Parisian Restaurant and Bakery (1920) Owned by: Isfandyar Bakhtiari[3]
Banks
- Grindlays (1884)
- Punjab National Bank - wikipedia - official
- The Reserve Bank of India - wikipedia - official
Booksellers and Stationers
Chemists
Cinemas
- Star Cinema (1918)
References
- ↑ Feldman, Herbert, "Karachi Through a Hundred Years" Karachi: Oxford University Press pg 1
- ↑ Feldman, Herbert, "Karachi Through a Hundred Years" Karachi: Oxford University Press pg 2
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 From Iran to Karachi and back: Remembering Irani Cafés Retrieved 21 November 2010